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Category: Japan

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  • Japan

Japan’s Government Will Buy LNG If Private Companies Can’t Afford To

Japan’s government is amending laws that will allow state firm Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) to buy liquefied natural gas this winter if private companies cannot afford Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Considers Extending Its 60-Year Limit On Nuclear Power Plants

Amid an energy crunch that served a severe blow to Japan’s economy, the government in Tokyo is considering extending the lives of the country’s nuclear power plant fleet beyond the Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Russia

Nissan to Fully Exit Russia Market, Expects ¥100 Billion Loss

A Nissan Leaf electric automobile charges at a vehicle charging point in Moscow, Russia. Source: Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. joined Toyota Motor Corp. in deciding to completely pull out of Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s dependency on Middle East crude reaches 94.5% in August -METI

Japanese crude oil imports from the Middle East in August rose 12.1% from a year earlier to 2.82 million barrels per day (bpd), equivalent to 13.88 million kilolitres, with Japan’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Top Refiner Is Gearing Up for the Oil Industry’s Decline

Takeshi SaitoPhotographer: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg Japan’s biggest oil refiner is drawing up plans to consolidate production as domestic demand slumps because of a shrinking population and efforts to cut emissions. Eneos Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Frigid Winter in Japan Set to Intensify Global Energy Squeeze

Japan is predicting its winter will trend colder as La Nina stretches into a third year, increasing the need for heating fuels in the world’s second-biggest importer of liquefied natural Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan storm: Nine million people told to evacuate as super typhoon Nanmadol hits

Huge waves in Kochi prefecture, western Japan Nine million people have been told to evacuate their homes as Japan is battered by one of the worst typhoons the country has Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Honda aiming to sell 3.5M electric motorcycles per year by 2030

Honda will introduce more than 10 new electric motorcycle models by 2025, with an aim to reach annual electric motorcycle sales of 1 million units within the next five years, Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Japan Plans To Restart Seven Nuclear Reactors By Summer 2023

Japan shutdown its nuclear plants following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Nuclear energy is beginning to gain political and public support in Japan. The country’s prime minister recently announced the restart Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Top Refiner Is Gearing Up for the Oil Industry’s Decline

Japan’s biggest oil refiner is drawing up plans to consolidate production as domestic demand slumps because of a shrinking population and efforts to cut emissions. Eneos Holdings Inc. has an Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Japan set for new nuclear plants in post-Fukushima shift

Japan is preparing a big shift on nuclear power, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announcing plans to look at the construction of new plants, in what would be a break Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s manufacturing at 10-month low in July on auto parts shortage, rising costs

Japan’s manufacturing sector slowed in July, as the au Jibun Bank Japan purchasing managers’ index compiled by S&P Global Commodity Insights dipped to 52.1 from 52.7 in June, the data Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Aug 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • Japan

Japan urges regions to mount COVID fight as variant spreads

 Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take steps to contain a new coronavirus variant that has sent cases to record levels, but there is no plan for sweeping national measures. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Keep calm and cut the air con – Japan’s energy saving is model for Europe

 As Europe braces for energy shortages from Russian gas cuts, Japan’s own energy crisis a decade ago offers survival lessons to households and businesses – such as dimming the lights Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Honda to cut output by up to 30% at Japan plants on supply snag

Honda Motor Co (7267.T) said it would slash production by up to 30% in Japan next month against original plans due to persistent supply chain and logistical issues. Two lines Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Russia

Japan’s Russian crude oil imports fall to zero in June

 Top two refiners suspend purchase of Russian crude Russian coal imports plunge 60%, LNG imports hike 26% in June Japan’s Russian crude oil imports fell to zero in June, while Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Japan hopes to restart four more nuclear reactors by winter

 Japan hopes to restart four more nuclear reactors in time to avert any power crunch over the winter, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Friday, a week after the pro-nuclear Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan Utilities Rise as PM Calls for Restarting Nuclear Reactors

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new push to restart nuclear reactors probably won’t be enough to avert a looming power crunch later this year that will bring new risks of Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

World’s Second-Largest LNG Importer Calls On U.S. To Increase Supply

Japan, the world’s second-largest LNG importer, urged the United States and Australia on Tuesday to boost production and deliveries to ensure enough supply of the hottest energy commodity. “ I Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Explainer: How can Japan secure enough gas if Sakhalin supply is cut

Resource-poor Japan is facing a historic energy security risk as tensions with Moscow intensify, heightening the threat of gas supply disruptions at a time when global supply is tight and Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan urges importers to accelerate securing alternatives to Russian LNG

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is urging domestic LNG importers to speed up securing alternative supplies to Russian LNG and is also accelerating its own efforts to consider Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

The World’s Third-Largest Economy Is Facing A Looming Energy Crisis

Japan is facing an energy crisis that can severely hurt the world’s third-largest economy as it is forced to tackle a combination of a weak local currency, the fallout from Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Fukushima fishermen worried about nuclear water release plan

As Japan struggles to deal with the hottest early summer on record, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says the country must quickly restart more of its nuclear power plants. For the Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s June flames out with record heat, but power crunch averted

Japan’s electricity grid creaked on Thursday under the strain of Tokyo’s hottest June since records began, but a power crunch that could have deprived tens of millions of electricity was Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Extreme Heat Stretches Japan’s Power Grid to Near Its Limits

Japan is asking Tokyo residents to conserve power, with unusually hot weather stretching the city’s grid as fears increase that the heat could last for longer. Electricity supply in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • EU
  • Japan

Japan asks EU to ‘avert impact’ of Russian shipping insurance ban on Sakhalin oil

Highlights METI requests exception for Sakhalin 1, 2 equity oil liftings No Japanese refiner imports Russian crude currently: PAJ chief Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has requested the Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Toyota misses April global production target due to COVID, parts shortage

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Monday said it missed its global production target for April as COVID-19 outbreaks and a parts shortage slowed its post-pandemic recovery. The world’s largest Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Japan

Shanghai Lockdowns Slam Japanese Automakers’ Production in China

Japan’s top three automakers saw their output in China slashed by double digits in April, highlighting the toll Shanghai’s lockdown is taking on manufacturers operating in the world’s biggest car-producing Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

In home of world’s biggest nuclear plant, a vote may shape Japan’s atomic future

Three days before a vote to choose their region’s next governor, a handful of residents in Kashiwazaki, a sleepy coastal town in northern Japan, stood by a road to hear Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Japan nuclear regulator grants initial nod to Fukushima water release plan

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) granted an initial approval on Wednesday for a Tokyo Electric Power’s (Tepco) (9501.T) plan for releasing water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Japan

Yen, Supply Chain Chaos Send Japan Manufacturers Home

Japanese manufacturers are increasingly looking to move offshore operations to their home market, according to a Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. executive. The rapidly weakening yen that boosts the competitiveness of Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • EU
  • Japan
  • LNG

Japan, EU to cooperate to ensure LNG supply, reduce reliance on Russian energy

Japan and the EU agreed on May 12 to cooperate and help each other’s security of LNG supply, and work together to reduce Europe’s dependency on Russian energy supply by Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Toyota warns profit to skid 20% as raw materials costs pile up

Sees FY oper profit at 2.4 trillion yen vs 3 trillion yen yr-ago Q4 operating profit down 33% on year; shares slip 5% FY oper pft target, Q4 result both Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan to ban ‘in principle’ Russian oil imports following G7 pledge: Prime Minister

ENEOS, Idemitsu suspend signing new Russian oil import contracts Russian supply accounts for 4% of Japan’s oil imports Japan will ban “in principle” Russian oil imports following the latest commitment Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Nuclear

Japan’s Leader Says Nuclear Power Should Be Reconsidered as Energy Costs Soar

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country must consider using more nuclear power, as the import-dependent nation grapples with rising fuel prices and a weak yen. Regulations in place Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Can Japan Keep the Lights On? The Ukraine War Upends a Big Energy Bet.

In 2018, when the power company Hope Energy entered Japan’s new retail electricity market, it thought it had a surefire strategy. Wholesale energy was becoming ever cheaper as liquefied natural Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan raises gasoline subsidy to maximum of 25 yen per litre

Japan raised its gasoline subsidy for oil distributors to the maximum figure of 25 yen ($0.1944) a litre for the seven days from April 21, up from 20.3 yen a Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan to start releasing 6 mil barrels private oil reserves in IEA joint effort

Highlights Lowering private reserves mandate by 13.5 mil barrels by Oct. 8 Extends earlier 7.5 mil barrels release by six months Japan will start on April 16 releasing 6 million Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Bank of Japan Likely Sees Strongest Inflation in 30 Years

 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda faces another awkward communications challenge later this month when the central bank is poised to predict the strongest annual inflation since 1992 outside tax Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Russia

Japan tops up LNG reserves as possible Russian gas cutoff looms -source

Japan’s government has asked power companies to top up their liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves and share energy resources, a person familiar with the contingency plan said, as civilian deaths Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Russia

Russia fears push Japanese gas importers to seek new suppliers

Japanese gas companies are preparing plans to source liquefied natural gas from Malaysia, Australia and the US in case of what they fear could be looming disruption of supply from Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • Japan
  • Russia

Japan to impose ban on Russian coal imports following G-7 pledge: PM

Highlights Reducing Russian coal imports in phases by finding alternative suppliers Japan steps into reducing overall Russia energy dependency including oil: PM Russia accounts for 11% of coal imports as Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan may expand fuel subsidy to curb energy costs-minister

Japan may expand a subsidy program for gasoline and other fuels among measures under consideration to ease soaring energy costs, the industry minister said on Sunday. The measure will be Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan weighs government’s involvement in LNG procurement amid Ukraine crisis

Highlights Considering ways to cut LNG, coal, oil dependency on Russia Building system for surveillance of coal supply for contingency To boost support via Jogmec for upstream oil, gas buys Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • Russia

Japan to ban Russia-bound exports of luxury cars, goods from April 5

 Japan will ban the export of high-end cars and other luxury goods to Russia in its latest response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the trade ministry said on Tuesday. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

High gasoline prices may dent Japan’s demand recovery after pandemic restrictions end

Japan not under COVID-19-led movement curbs first time since early Jan Gasoline spot prices rise 37% year on year Japan’s domestic gasoline demand is expected to rise after the government Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan warns of blackouts, issues dire plea to save energy as temperatures drop

Japan on Tuesday issued an emergency plea for citizens, businesses and local authorities to conserve energy, warning of potential blackouts after a massive earthquake idled several power plants and unseasonably Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Japan’s Fukushima earthquake shuts dozen power plants, Sendai, Chiba refineries

Coal-fired power plant outages come amid low LNG stocks Spot electricity price surges on power plant outages All units at ENEOS’ Sendai, Chiba refineries shut A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan

Fuel Price Rally Forces Japan to Maximize Subsidies to Refiners

Japan’s gasoline prices at the highest level in 13 years is forcing the government to give the maximum amount of subsidies for oil refiners and also consider measures to lower Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Japan
  • LNG

Why Japan’s power sector depends so much on LNG

Resource-poor Japan depends overwhelmingly on fossil-fuel imports to meet its energy needs, complicating calls for the nation to boycott Russia’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) after Moscow’s invasion of Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Mar 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple

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